Hey All,
Here are the news items for today:
TELEVISION
Actress Kaley Cuoco (The Big Bang Theory) will host the People’s Choice Awards that is set to air in January. (Entertainment Weekly)
Actor Richard Schiff (The West Wing) will guest star on the new ABC fairytale drama Once Upon a Time as King Leopold, Snow White’s father. He will appear in episode 11. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)
Actress Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter) will guest star on The Good Wife, but there are few details on who she will be playing. (Kristin at E! Online)
Actress Andrea Roth (Rescue Me) will have a recurring role on the new CW drama Ringer, playing Catherine, the conniving ex-wife of Andrew (Ioan Gruffudd) and the mother of Juliet (Zoey Deutch). (Natalie Abrams at TV Guide)
Actors Kevin Alejandro and Grant Bowler (both recently on True Blood) will guest star on the ABC mid-season dram GCB (Good Christian Belles – formerly Bitches). Alejandro will play Danny, a local butcher who offers to supply meat for Booby-licious (a Hooters-like restaurant in the show) on the condition that Heather (Marisol Nichols) goes on a date with him. Meanwhile, Bowler will appear as Mason Massey, a frozen foods magnate and thoroughbred horse breeder. (James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly)
Actor Lou Diamond Phillips (Stargate Universe) will guest star in Southland as Danny Ferguson, a physically intimidating beat cop who is deeply cynical about law enforcement. His views cause more than a little tension with Ben (Benjamin McKenzie) and Sammy (Shawn Hatosy), but when the time comes to put up or shut up, Ferguson proves to be an exceptional officer. Southland will be back on TNT on January 17. (TV Guide)
Singers Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Hudson, Jill Scott, Florence + the Machine, Kelly Clarkson and Jessie J. will headline the VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul, the latest edition of the popular musical series set to air from New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom on December 19. (E! Online)
DEVELOPMENT NEWS
Actor Austin Butler (Switched at Birth and Life Unexpected) will star alongside Danielle Panabaker (Shark) in the ABC Family hour-long pilot Intercept in a recurring capacity. The pilot is a technology- and action-driven drama about four college students who get roped into solving crimes when one of them (Butler) creates a high-tech communication device that intercepts conversations throughout the West Coast. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
Actress Ellen Pompeo (Grey’s Anatomy) has launched her own production company – Calamity Jane – and sold its first project to ABC. The untitled drama is partially based on Laura Blumenfeld’s June article in ELLE Magazine about the female agents on the Secretary Of State’s security detail. The project will revolve around Diplomatic Security special agents who travel the world protecting American officials on diplomatic missions and will explore the personal and professional challenges these young women and men face while taking on one of the most dangerous jobs in the country. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
Actor Eric Winter (The Mentalist) will star opposite Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica) in the new TNT drama pilot called Scent Of The Missing, which is based on the book by Susannah Charleson. It centers on Susannah (Helfer), a tenacious, strong-willed K-9 Search and Rescue volunteer who works with an equally determined partner — her mischievous golden retriever, Puzzle. Winter will play Jake, a member of the search and rescue team with his dog Shadow. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Actress Dawn Oliveiri (The Vampire Diaries and Heroes) will appear in the independent film called Missionary, which revolves around a young missionary from the Church of Jesus Christ who has skewed God’s instructions in his efforts to win the affections of a married woman he feels should be his wife and soul mate for eternity. She will next be seen in the new Showtime comedy House of Lies that is set to debut in January. (Philiana Ng at The Hollywood Reporter)
Actors Gerard Butler, Sam Worthington and Matthew McConaughey have joined the 3D CG motion-capture action-thriller called Thunder Road, which is based on the novel by Davd Zucchino. The project is described as the untold story of the dangerous surprise assault and capture of Baghdad by American Forces at the onset of the Iraq War. (Thompson on Hollywood and Dark Horizons)
Actress Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit) will star in the film adaption of the Cat Patrick sci-fi novel called Forgotten, which follows a 16-year-old who has her memory erased at exactly 4:33 each morning. All she can remember are events from her future. (The Hollywood Reporter and Dark Horizons)
Actor Robert De Niro and comedian-actress Kristen Wiig will appear in the drama film called The Comedian that is to be directed by Sean Penn. De Niro will play Jackie Burke, a comic who once had a beloved TV character but is now past his prime and trying to revive his career. After being sentenced to community service for hitting an audience member in the head with his microphone, Jackie meets Harmony (Wiig), a dazzling and defiant redhead who turns his life sideways. (Mandi Bierly at Entertainment Weekly)
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